Jet water-wheel



(No Model.)

A. J'. GOULD.

JET WATER WHEEL. No. 291,894. Patented Jam 15, 1884.

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ANDREWV J AOKSON GOULD, OF QUINCY, CALIFORNIA.

JET WATER-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,894, dated January15, 1884,

Application filed April 27, 1883. (No model.)

- citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy,

in the county of Plumas and State of California, have invented a new anduseful Jet V'Vater-WVheel, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to water-wheels of that class which have bucketssecured on the periphery of the wheel, which buckets receive the forceor impact of a stream of water under pressure from a nozzle; and it hasfor its object to provide a simple and efficient bucket that willeffectual] obviate any loss of power by back action of the water. andhas an exhaust arrangement of such a construction that as the water isforced out through it the motion will be against the wheel, and theexhaust of the water will thereby aid in turning the wheel.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wheel equipped withmy improved buckets. Fig. 2 isa detail end view of one of the buckets.Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of one of the buckets, illustrating theaction of the water. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of thebuckets detached.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the water-wheel, which may be ofany suitable construction, and is arranged vertically with a horizontalaxis. 011 the periphery B of the wheel A is arranged a continuous seriesof buckets, O, as shown. Each of these buckets comprises a bottom plate.I), a top plate, E, side walls, F F, and a back wall, G, its mouth Hbeing left open, as shown. The interior faces, I I, of the side walls,FF, are preferably beveled convergently toward the back wall of thebucket; and from the said back wall outlet-openings J J are providedonein each side wall. These outlet-openings extend through the side wallstowardthe mouth end of the bucket at an angle of about forty-fivedegrees in relation to the back wall.

K designates the nozzle, through which the jet or stream is for eedagainst the wheel into and against the buckets. This nozzle is arrangednnder the wheel on a plane horizontal to the vertical plane of thewheel.

The operation and advantages of my invention are obvious. The watereutersthe mouth of the bucket and comes against the back wall thereof,when it is forced out or exhausts through the openings J J at an angleto its line of entrance. By escaping in this manner at each side of thewheel, the loss of power that would result from the back action of thewater is obviated, and the impact force that drives the water outthrough the exhaust-openings is against the wheel, by reason of theangle at which the exhaust is effected, and therefore is gained power,which assists in turning the wheel and acts continuously during theexhaust of the water. This gained power is equalized in action by havingthe openings of corresponding angles at both sides the bucket.

I claim as my invention- The herein-described improved bucket for jetwater-wheels, comprising the bottom D, the top plate, E, a straight backwall, G, against which the force or impact of the water comes throughthe opening or mouth at the front of the bucket, and the perpendicularside walls, F F, having openings J J, extending through said side walls,so that a sharp angle is formed by the straight back wall, G, and therear wall of the openings J, the direction of said openings J J beingstraight and toward themouth end of the bucket and terminating somedistance in the rear of the mouth, whereby the water, as it exhaustsfrom the openings. J J will be against the wheel the entire length ofopenings J J, and the exhaust will be completed at the side of thebucketin rear of the mouth, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing'as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW JACKSON GOULD.

